Answers – 50 cents Answers, requiring thought – $100 ———————————————- My favorite joke: The military had purchased a piece of machinery for a cost of $100 million. There was just one problem. It had quit working. After trying everything they could possibly think of without success, they called in a […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
Here at 7 Generation Games, we ignore a lot of advice. Probably the most common piece of advice we ignore is: Everyone is doing iPad games. You should concentrate on tablets. Really? I looked for a Grand Theft Auto iPad version and I couldn’t find one, because, as David Price […]
We’re Not Like Everyone Else
Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, just returned from Iowa where she had the opportunity to speak to a group of 100 middle school students about striving to fulfill the tremendous amount of potential each one of them has. It was a big weekend for us in Iowa in general, […]
Our CEO Talks to Sioux City Middle School Students
Have you ever thought about how many parts there are in a computer game? You need artwork – every single scene has, well, a scene. You need a background. Then you need characters, people, zombies, whatever. You need a story line. It can be simple – the zombies are going […]
Squirting in the education
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Incorporating Culture Into Curriculum Is Easy and Essential
1 In the final installment of my accelerator application trilogy — because trilogies are very de rigueur — I will tackle some of what we at 7 Generation Games have deemed largely to be pointless accelerator questions. I intentionally say tackle as opposed to answer, because I’m not really sure I […]
Accelerators, Part 3: What Do You Want Us to Say?
Yesterday, I did the Happy Dance in my office when we finished version 2.2 of Spirit Lake. I said that despite taking me away from virtually every other interest in my life, being obsessed with a start-up is worth it. WHY? In thinking it over today, I realized that 7 […]
Make Something, Make a Difference, Make Money
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Applying Traditional Dakota Values in a Middle School Math Classroom
If you haven’t yet read Frank Catalano’s latest column for GeekWire, you should. “Generational blindness: Is sexism in tech forever?” tackles a very relevant subject – sexism in the tech industry. And best of all, it quotes our CEO Dr. AnnMaria De Mars saying insightful things like, “When I do […]
Our CEO Shares Her Thoughts on Sexism in Tech in ...
Really useful advice for start-ups on How Not to Die from Paul Graham emphasized The number one thing not to do is other things. If you find yourself saying a sentence that ends with “but we’re going to keep working on the startup,” you are in big trouble…. We’re taking […]
The Pros and Cons of Being Obsessed
Dog food? If you are really observant, you may have noticed that this post is categorized under “dog food”. What the heck is that all about? In software companies, the phrase “eating your own dog food” is often used to refer to people who use the products their companies […]
Cirque du Soleil and Our Games
Let’s talk about team. This is one of the buzziest of Silicon Valley buzzwords. The whole “we invest in people, not products.” I’m not going to lie and say that think that’s awesome. I’m also unsure if I actually believe that refrain. I am not calling people liars, I’m just […]